Steve Kaczynski looks at September 11, Hollywood and the portrayal of war and terrorism The cinema, like other forms of entertainment and the media, is a powerful means of reflecting what goes on in society. It, like other forms of entertainment and the media, is also used by the powers that be to shape public…
Palestine: After Jenin – Ethnic Cleansing?
Hanna Khamis the myths of the Oslo Process and why it has failed to deliver peace or economic and social gains to the Palestinians As Israeli tanks and bulldozers bury any lingering hopes of an early peace settlement in the rubble of West bank towns, it is legitimate to ask, why? What can the Israeli…
How the civilised US treats prisoners of war
Matt Siegfried, a socialist and trade unionist activist from Detroit, looks at the fate of prisoners of war held at Guantanamo Bay. This article first appeared in Fourthwrite No. 9. The United States is the country with more people locked up, both as a percentage and in absolute numbers, than any other country in the…
Resolution passed at Scottish Socialist Party Conference March 2002
European Socialist Alliance The SSP supports the creation of a broad-based European Socialist Alliance. Therefore, it calls upon the incoming national office-bearers to contact all those independent socialist parties/alliances in Europe to organise a joint conference, putting forward the following proposals for discussion: a) joint work and mobilisations directed against the EU leaders’ support for…
Another World Is Possible
Resistance to neo liberalism, war and militarism For peace and social justice Call of social movements at the second World Social Forum held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Jan 31st – Feb 5th, 2002 Profor Progress 1. In the face of continuing deterioration in the living conditions of people, we, social movements from all over the…
Statement from the Conference of the European Anti-Capitalist Left
Brussels, 12-13 December 2001 1. For the third time in ten years, imperialism is at war. After the unfinished war (for oil) against Iraq and the humanitarian intervention in the Balkans, the United States is bombarding Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries on earth, pretending in doing so to eradicate terrorism worldwide. Self-defence, humanitarianism, western…
The Euro Referendum: The case for an active boycott
Allan Armstrong why workers should support an active boycott of the Euro referendum The rise of the populist and fascist Right in Europe The rise of the populist and fascist Right in the Netherlands, France and England has caused considerable debate amongst the Left throughout Europe. We cannot be complacent in Scotland, just because the…
Emancipation & Liberation, Issue 1, Spring 2002
Comments are open, so feel free to discuss the articles. Why Emancipation And Liberation?, RCN We are fighting a duel war, Shoaib Bhatti Afghanistan Solidarity Appeal, SSP War Against Terrorism?, Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women An eye for an eye?: justice USA style, Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women Lords of the Rings, Nick Clarke Dedicated…
Boycott Any Euro Referendum
Matthew Jones on an independent working class response to the bosses’ referendum Neither the European ruling classes, which have created the Euro nor the British capitalist supporters of the pound sterling are friends of the working class. Both are our sworn enemies. The choice being offered to us in this referendum is – a yes…
National Workers’ Assembly meeting – a big step forward
The following article by Jordi Martorell is from the website of Socialist Appeal. Despite our many political differences with this grouping we thought that the piece was full of useful information concerning recent revolutionary events in Argentina. Of particular importance is the growing ability of the Argentinian working class to find new democratic, organisational forms…